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Peaches penned and programmed all the music for Fatherfucker herself. She wrote "Kick It" specifically for Iggy Pop, and the two teamed up in Miami in March, 2003 to record it. Peaches told Rolling Stone, "The song is more about rock 'n' roll than sex."[1]

Musically, Fatherfucker is more rock-oriented than The Teaches of Peaches. "I Don't Give A ..." samples the Joan Jett song "Bad Reputation" as Peaches yells, "I don't give a fuck!" and "I don't give a shit!" during the song.[2]

Fatherfucker received generally favorable reviews. The album holds a score of 70 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic.[3] Andrew Magilow of Splendid Magazine said, "It's filthy, low-budget fun that's still plenty fucked up, whether you're a first-timer or a hardcore Peaches fanatic."[4] Heather Phares of Allmusic described Fatherfucker as "neither the triumph or the disaster that it could've been."[2] By contrast, Robert Christgau simply noted, "I Don't Give a . . . "[5] Similarly, Andy Battaglia of The A.V. Club wrote that "nearly all of Fatherfucker falls back into ostensibly bracing anthems that sound plain stupid in such abundance."[6]

Gigwise.com placed the Fatherfucker album cover at #40 on The 50 Best Album Covers of the 2000s.[7]

Drowned in Sound placed Fatherfucker at #73 on the Top 75 Albums of 2003.[8]NME placed Fatherfucker at #29 on the 50 Best Albums of 2003.[9] In addition, Q placed Fatherfucker at #49 on The 50 Best Albums of 2003.[10]The Village Voice placed Fatherfucker at #157 on the Best Albums of 2003.[11]The Wire included Fatherfucker on its 50 Records of the Year list for 2003.[12]

Fatherfucker became Peaches' first album to chart on the U.S charts. Although debuting at #35 on the U.S. Top Heatseekers and #33 on the U.S. Independent Albums charts, the album spent only one week on both charts. Despite this, Fatherfucker spent a total of 8 weeks on the U.S. Top Electronic Albums chart.[13]Fatherfucker sold 40,000 copies worldwide.[14]

"Kick It" was released as the album's second single on January 5, 2004.[18] It features Iggy Pop and received positive reviews from NME.[19] It became Peaches' second Top 40 hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at #39.[20]